Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Jul 4, 1998, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 1998, 6:30 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Worth County, MO

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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MOC075-081-227-041130-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
323 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT SATURDAY 
MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN MISSOURI
     WORTH...HARRISON AND NORTHERN GENTRY

AT 301 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN...NEAR AN INCH AN HOUR STRETCHING...NEAR WORTH AND DENVER IN 
WORTH COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO SILOAM SPRINGS IN GENTRY COUNTY AND NEAR 
BROOKLYN AND NEW HAMPTON IN HARRISON COUNTY. 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WERE NOTED SINCE 11 PM...IN 
AN AREA BOUNDED BY DENVER...WASHINTON CENTER AND MARTINSVILLE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS 
WERE REDEVELOPING BACK TO THE WEST...ALONG THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER.

THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST 5AM...WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL 1 1/2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED FROM GRANT CITY AND 
BLYTHESDALE SOUTHWARD TO ALBANY AND BETHANY.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 35 FROM MILE MARKER 88 THROUGH 
106...AND ALONG ALL OF HIGHWAY 136 THROUGH NEW HAMPTON...BETHANY AND 
MOUNT MORIAH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS. SEVERAL 
SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE 
FLOODED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WORTH AND WEST CENTRAL HARRISON 
COUNTY.

SHARP RISES WILL BE ALSO BE LIKELY ALONG THE FOLLOWING WATERWAYS...

MARLOWE CREEK...BIG MUDDY CREEK...PANTHER CREEK...WHITE OAK 
CREEK...POLECAT AND SHANE CREEKS

THE RAIN WILL LIKELY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY 630 AM.

AVOID ROADS COVERED BY WATER ANZD SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES. IF WATER IS APPROACHING
YOUR HOME...SEEK HIGHER GROUND.


SMITH

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 3, 2:49 PM CDT, 12 hours 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
249 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 1998

LOOKING RATHER WET FOR THE NEXT SVRL DAYS. MRNG CNVTN OVR IA/NRN HLF MO
HAS TEMPORARILY DISTORTED SFC PAT. LINGERING SHWRS/CLD DEBRIS WILL EXIT
FAR ERN CNTYS SHORTLY AFT ZONE ISSUANCE TIME WHILE SCT TSTMS IN THE NW
COULD LAST LONGER. SOME PESKY ISOLD CNVTN ALSO OCRG ON ACRS SRN CNTYS
AS OUTFLOW BNDRY DISSIPATES.

PRIMARY CONCERN/HVY RAIN THREAT APRS IT WILL FOCUS ON NRN MO NWD.
PREFER ETA MODEL OVERALL AS IT HANDLES LLVL MSTR BTR. STILL THERE IS
THE DRIER AIR FM CNTRL KS W AND SW TO BE CONCERNED ABT. AFTN QPF UPDATE
ADDRESSES THIS PTNL PROBLEM. FOR NOW THERE ARE TOO MANY FACTORS
POINTING TO A NOCTURNAL MCS DVLPG OVR CNTRL OR SRN NEB AS SLY LLVL JET
REFORMS OVR KS AND NOSES INTO SWD MOVG CDFNT. WK VORT LOBE OVR ERN CO
EXPCD TO AID CNVTV DVLPMT TNGT AS IT TOPS MID LVL UPR RDG. PLACEMENT OF
UPR RDG...APCHG WK MID LVL FEATURE...SFC BNDRY TO FOCUS CNVTN...AND
POOLING OF LLVL MSTR SUG THE PTNL FOR LCLLY HVY RAINS OVR FAR NRN MO.
COORD WITH STL/TOP/DSM AND WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT THRU
SAT MRNG. NCEP QPF ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THIS AREA AND AGREE WITH THEM.
EXPCD CNVTN/CLDNS WILL ALSO PLAY HAVOC WITH TEMPS AND NGM/ETA 2M TEMPS
REFLECT THIS.

MAY SEE A REPEAT OF NOCTURNAL STORMS SAT NGT/SUN MRNG. BOTH ETA/NGM
HINT AT THIS AND GIVEN FLOW PAT SEE NO REASON TO DISAGREE. WILL GO WITH
LIKELY POPS THIS PD.

THEN TROPICjAL SYS MVG N THRU TX WL BEAR WATCHING FOR THE END OF THE
WEEKEND INTO MON.

.EAX...
.MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT/SAT MRNG FOR NRN MO...N OF A STJ TO
MACON LN.
.KS...NONE

JULY

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.